June 22, 2005

Orthodox Motion Carried in ACC Secret Ballot Vote

This is our understanding of the text of the final motion. Corrections may occur.

The motion was passed 30 to 28 by secret ballot

The Anglican Consultative Council

1. takes note of the decisions taken by the Primates at their recent meeting in Dromantine, Northern Ireland, in connection with the recommendations of the Windsor Report 2004;

2. notes further that the Primates there reaffirmed “the standard of Christian teaching on matters of human sexuality expressed in the 1998 Lambeth Resolution 1.10, which should command respect as the position overwhelmingly adopted by the bishops of the Anglican Communion”;

3. endorses and affirms those decisions;

4. consequently endorses the Primates’ request that “in order to recognise the integrity of all parties, the Episcopal Church (USA) and the Anglican Church of Canada voluntarily withdraw their members from the Anglican Consultative Council for the period leading up to the next Lambeth Conference”;

5. interprets reference to the Anglican Consultative Council to include its Standing Committee and the Inter-Anglican Finance Committee.

Date Created: 6/22/2005 10:20:31 AM